Sunday, September 13, 2009

World's oldest textile

Scientists have found the world's oldest textiles, a few pieces of 30,000 year old flax fibers (and dyed too!). You can read the NPR story here.

1 comment:

  1. Suzanne7:04 PM

    Hey, I read that too! It makes sense - I mean, they needed to cover up. But the idea that maybe they dyed the yarn too is pretty neat!

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